Item 98 - The Irish Jesuits Vol.2

Born: 16 April 1906, Upper Tyrone Street, North Wall, Dublin City, County Dublin
Entered: 01 September 1925, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly
Ordained: 24 June 1937, Innsbruck, Austria
Final Vows: 02 February 1941, Belvedere College SJ, Great Denmark Street, Dublin
Died: 11 April 1979, James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin

Part of the University Hall, Hatch Street, Dublin community at the time of death

Father was a funeral director and accidentally killed in the Rising of 1916. Mother and family reside at Aughrim Street, Dublin, supported by her family.

Third of four boys with four sisters.

Early education at the Convent of the Sisters of Charity in Dublin he then went to O’Connell’s School, Dublin; He won a University scholarship from Dublin Corporation. he then went to Holy Cross College, Clonliffe, Dublin and did 1st year Arts at UCD and 1 yeat Philosophy before entry

1925-1927: St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly, Novitiate
1927-1929: Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, Juniorate
1929-1930: Milltown Park, Sandford Road, Dublin, Philosophy
1930-1932: St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly, Philosophy
1932-1934: Mungret College SJ, Mungret, County Limerick, Regency
1934-1935: Clongowes Wood College SJ, Naas, County Kildare, Regency
1935-1937: Jesuitenkolleg, Strasse der Sudetendeutschen, Innsbruck, Austria (ASR), Theology
1937-1939: Milltown Park, Sandford Road, Dublin, Theology
1939-1940: Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, Tertianship
1940-1944: Belvedere College SJ, Great Denmark Street, Dublin, Assistant Prefect of Studies, Teaching
1944-1953: Sacred Heart College SJ, Crescent, Limerick, Teaching
1953-1960: Mungret College SJ, Mungret, County Limerick, Teaching
1960-1961: St Ignatius, Leeson Street, Dublin, Writer, Editor “Jesuit Yearbook”, Assistant Editor “Studies”, Province Menologies
1961-1962: Writer, Editor “Jesuit Yearbook”, Assists in University Hall, Province Menologies
1962-1969: St Francis Xavier, Gardiner Street, Dublin, Curate, Editor “Jesuit Yearbook”, Province Menologies, Director of “Good Litertature Guild”
1969-1975: St Ignatius, Leeson Street, Dublin, Bursar and Assists at University Hall, Editor “Jesuit Yearbook”, Province Menologies
1975-1979: University Hall, Hatch Street, Dublin, Bursar and Assists at University Hall, Editor “Jesuit Yearbook”
1976-1979: Bursar, Editor “Jesuit Yearbook”, Writer

◆ Fr Francis Finegan : Admissions 1859-1948 - Holy Cross College Clonliffe before entry